Gold’s critique and prism

  David Fincher’s The social network is not just a biopic about the founding of Facebook. It is about a cold, methodical look into the mind of a lonely genius. He uses every filmmaking tool to create edit, pace, lighting, camera movement, the color, and performances to show us that Zuckerberg’s success is not just born from intelligence, but from alienation, insecurity, and obsession. The movie does not celebrate genius; it dissects it. It does not glorify Facebook. It deconstructs the human cost of creating it.  Through his precise and surgical style, Fincher paints genius as a double-edged sword- sharp, powerful, but isolating. Section 2; Editing and pacing as a window into Mark’s mind. It rhythm of the social network feels editing, especially in the early scenes, mirrors the way Mark Zuckerberg’s brain works, fast, cold, and relentless. The movie started with a rapid-fire breakup between Mark and his girlfriend (Erica). It dialogue overlaps, cuts back and forth,, and no mom...

  David Fincher’s THE SOCIAL NETWORK was released in 2010. The movie was telling how Facebook was created. Mark Zuckerberg became a tech genius; he has the symbol of ambition, betrayal and the cost of innovation. In the early 2000s, the movie capture a key cultural moment when and how social media was beginning to shape and how many people connect, share and how they present themselves to the world. The movie is also carefully constructed through fast paced editing, non-linear storytelling, and a dark clinical visual style. I might accept the film’s portrayal of Mark as a misunderstood genius while others may see it as critique of the power, privilege and the toxic culture of tech entrepreneurship. It will then examine how audiences might decode these messages in various ways.   This structure encodes that Mark Zuckerberg has a conflict and fractured. Zuckerberg’s ambition made him betray all his friends and made his girlfriend broke up with him due to the power of struggles. ...